With Fabra and without Cavani, Diego Martínez tested his Boca for the debut against Platense in the League Cup

The Colombian side Franco Fabra he will return to the first team Boca Juniors replacing the injured Uruguayan Marcelo Saracchi for the coach’s official debut Diego Martinezwhich will take place the previous Saturday afternoon Platense to Vicente López, for Group B of Professional League Cup.

This Thursday the coach organized a football rehearsal with the lineup planned for that match, with an eleven that seems destined to remain in the starting lineup: Sergio Romero; Luis Advíncula, Cristian Lema, Nicolás Figal and Fabra; Guillermo “Pol” Fernández, Jorman Campuzano and Juan Ramírez; Ezequiel Bullaude; Miguel Merentiel and Luca Langoni.

The replacement lineup included Javier García; Marcelo Weigandt, Aaron Anselmino, Bruno Valdez and Lucas Blondel; Jabes Saralegui, Mauricio Benítez and Kevin Zenón; Luca Janson; Edinson Cavani and Darío Benedetto.

In this way, the coach will introduce two variations compared to the formation that won the last friendly against Talleres and both will appear on the sides of the defense: Advíncula for Blondel and Fabra for Saracchi.

The Colombian will play his first points-scoring match since the Copa Libertadores final against Fluminense (1-2), on November 4 last year. On that occasion he was sent off in extra time for attacking an opponent when Boca had one more man due to the sending off of Brazilian striker John Kennedy.

That action was repudiated by the “xeneizes” fans, who called for his departure from the club, but Juan Roman Riquelme He defended him publicly and the Colombian continued to play for the club, despite never playing again.

His return will take place due to Saracchi’s tear in his right adductor, which will keep him out of the field for 20 days.

The Uruguayan Edinson Cavani, who scored his first minutes of the year last Saturday in Córdoba, would start on the substitutes’ bench. He played in Córdoba and, although he seemed to have recovered from his injury in November, he seemed to lack competitive rhythm.

It is worth remembering that at the beginning of the season Boca did not have the Under 23 squad involved in the Pre-Olympic in Venezuela: Leandro Breythe defender Nicola Valentini and the midfielders Ezequiel Fernandez AND Christian Medinathe latter with the possibility of being holders once they return to the country.

Kevin Zenón, Boca’s second and last signing in this transfer market (in addition to Cristian Lema), will be called up and would occupy a place among the substitutes.

The team will return to training this Friday starting at 9 am in Ezeiza and in the evening they will concentrate at the Intercontinental Hotel.

In another order and in the absence of official confirmation, Boca’s first home match in the League Cup, against Sarmiento on 1 February, would be played at the San Lorenzo stadium due to the poor condition of the Bombonera grass, replanted after the elections held in December.